Sean Carroll

Sean Carroll is the managing editor of PCMag.com's Software, Internet, and Networking team, which includes all consumer security reviews, game reviews, and SMB software and service reviews. He considers that to mean that he can browse the Internet at work with impunity; plus, he gets to play with the coolest software and games in the world. Before joining PCMag, he was an English teacher, a computer salesman (Macs) and an editor of travel and electronic-warfare magazines.

Bottom Line: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5 is an extremely accurate dictation-transcription and voice command tool. With Dragon and your voice, you can control virtually any computer program, after getting over an acceptably small learning curve.

The holidays are supposed to be a time of cheer and giving; so what do you do about that awkward, unpleasant, cranky bastard on your list? We've put together a list of ten tech suggestions that ought to put an evil gleam in the eye of even the Grinchiest.

Security company Dasient released a study today indicating that it had estimated the number of websites infected with malware and malvertisements to be 1.2 million, double its estimate from the same time period last year. And you can't simply avoid shady sites to keep yourself safe either, the report shows: government sites are prime targets.

According to a recent survey, despite the fact that most office workers around the world claim to understand their company's security policies, they attribute almost all IT security breaches to ignorance or well-meaning attempts to circumvent overly restrictive security policies.

Viruses and Trojans top the list when it comes to U.S. small-business end-users' security fears. The biggest perceived threat among large business end users, howeverdata leakageis barely on small business' radar.

Just over a year since the beta of Microsoft Office 2010 began and almost six months since it went on sale to businesses, how has the latest version of Microsoft's productivity juggernaut fared in the marketplace?

Online Personal Finance darling Mint.com knows a lot about its usersunless you lie to it or neglect it, it knows where every penny goes. And now it's going to publish all of that data online for everyone to see on Mint Data Beta.